2016

May: new case of Bsal in Wallonia (Belgium). This constitutes the fourth case of the disease in Wallonia and the fifth in Belgium. [Article] [Video]

2015

June: deadly fungal disease (Bsal) detected in Flanders (Belgium) in a population of Alpine newts. Two Alpine newts have been found dead. No evidence as of yet of an outbreak. [English][Dutch]

May: Disturbing and disheartening news involving the first reports of Bsal in Wallonia (Belgium). The disease was already detected in the Belgian city Eupen near the German border but now also in Robertville [Eupen][Robertville]

2014

2013

October: Dutch TV show "Vara's Vroege Vogels" (Nature show) broadcasted an item about the discovery of the disease. [Item]

September: The cause of the disease has been identified. The causative agent is a novel chytrid fungus which seems to only infect salamanders and newts and has been aptly named "Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans" . This roughly translates to "the devourer of salamanders. These findings have been published in the scientific journal PNAS. The discovery has also been reported in the Dutch newspaper "De Limburger - item knokken voor de vuursalamander. [Link][PNAS publication]

February: Dutch herpetologist Freek Vonk has presented the problem live on the popular Dutch show "De Wereld draait door" Freek is the official ambassador for this project and has written a column in the magazine of Dutch broadcaster TROS earlier this year.